RTW Junior Designer -Pre

Working at Stella McCartney is a truly rewarding experience. As a luxury fashion company with a strong ethical standpoint we are leaders and innovators in our industry.

Overview:

Reporting to the Senior Designer, the Junior Designer is responsible for supporting the creation of the Stella McCartney WRTW collection from concept to completion. This role will be working closely with the Senior Designer.

Your Mission:

• Research thoroughly seasonal themes and inspirations, fabric and colour concepts as directed by the Senior Designer
• Work closely with the Senior Designer on inspiring and innovative designs that will be sketched and put into development each season .
• Present inspiring, bold and innovative design ideas
• Participate in fittings and display a confidence and aptitude in developing styles from sketch to production
• Understand and respect collection deadlines set by the Senior Collection Manager to ensure the timely delivery of the seasonal collection.
• Develop prototypes with confidence to present to the Senior Designers and work with the Atelier to amend prototypes and finalise samples
• Work collaboratively with all key departments, including the Merchandising and Product Development to achieve the collection
• Support the Senior Designers for Design meeting preparation
• Support the Senior Designers in fittings, take thorough notes during meetings and update sketches
• Create and maintain mood boards on a regular basis

Please note, this is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and whilst this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the role, there may be occasions when you will be required to take on additional responsibilities.

Your Talent:

• Ability to multi-task and work effectively on several projects simultaneously
• Goal oriented, result driven individual
• Commercially minded, quickly responding to business/market needs.
• High work ethic, integrity and reliability with a "Hands on" attitude
• Great time management skills
• Comfortable working additional hours to perform duties, including weekends and also travel when necessary
• Must have strong computer skills, including excel and power point
• Must be a strong team player and work well with other team members
• Comfortable working additional hours to perform duties, including weekends and also travel when necessary
• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Creative thinker, with the ability to think outside the box and an eye for detail

Reward

Our philosophy is to go beyond monetary return and consider ourselves responsible for your wellbeing, your family, your health, your time and the community.

• Up to 50% discount on Stella McCartney products
• Exclusive staff sales and sample sales - Including other LVMH brands
• Matched pension contribution up to 6%
• Extensive private medical and critical illness insurance, as well as life assurance
• Annual Health Screening
• Annual Leave Shop where employees can buy or sell annual leave
• Flexible working/core hours
• Enchanced Maternity/paternity packages
• Matched Give as You Earn charity scheme
• Fitness membership (Classpass credits) and onsite yoga
• Volunteer and Birthday leave
• Health cash plan
• Financial wellbeing program
• Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support Services
• Employee referral bonus

Optional/ Paid Benefits

Season ticket loan, cycle to work and tech schemes, travel and dental insurance and much more.

We welcome people with disabilities and endeavour to make reasonable adjustments, if you do require such adjustments please let us know within 48 hours of your interview.

At Stella McCartney, we like to be bold. For us this means challenging ourselves and the wider industry in which we operate. As part of our commitments to inclusive fashion, we have an ambitious strategy to put diversity, equity and inclusion at the centre of everything we do. Our starting point is to create a workplace where different voices are respected, heard and empowered in equal measure regardless of factors such as culture and backgrounds, and to influence and disrupt fashion and other industries by providing opportunities for global diverse talent to shine.